Reminders When Moving
BEFORE YOU MOVE
- Call utilities, phone, and cable with shut off date(s) and leave forwarding address
- Complete “change of address” card at Post Office. Advise magazines of changes
- Write down mailbox number/location and garage key pad code if applicable
- Discontinue paper delivery and trash pick-up
- Cancel Milk and any home deliveries
- Pick up laundry and dry cleaning
- Return library books and turn in cards
- Close out bank accounts and transfer savings. Leave forwarding address
- Contact stock brokers and insurance companies/agents
- Get medical, dental, school, birth, and church records Get prescriptions refilled
- Obtain pet records for Vet
- Take your old phone book to new home
- Contact voter registration and advise of move
- Obtain cashiers check for down payment/closing costs on new home
- Place warranties and instruction booklets in kitchen drawer for your new buyer
- Be certain to bring a picture ID to closing. A driver’s license or passport will be required for identification.
- Request a relocation package from Brittany or the city’s Chamber of Commerce.
AT YOUR NEW ADDRESS
- Arrange for utilities, phone, and cable
- Contact credit card companies, banks, magazine subscriptions, etc. to inform them of new address
- Set up mail delivery or box number for “community mail boxes”
- Register to vote. Find out location of new precinct
- Change driver’s license address and register vehicle(s) if necessary
- Arrange for trash pick-up, milk, and home delivers
- Explore new neighborhood!